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ELECTROTECHNICAL 61000-6-4
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Second edition
2006-07

INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON RADIO INTERFERENCE

Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) –

Part 6-4:
Generic standards –
Emission standard for industrial environments

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CONTENTS

FOREWORD...........................................................................................................................5
INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................9

1 Scope and object ............................................................................................................ 11

2 Normative references...................................................................................................... 13
3 Terms and definitions ..................................................................................................... 13
4 Conditions during testing................................................................................................. 15
5 Product documentation ................................................................................................... 17
6 Applicability .................................................................................................................... 17
7 Emission requirements ................................................................................................... 17
8 Application of limits in tests for conformity of equipment in series production ................... 17
9 Measurement uncertainty ................................................................................................ 19

Bibliography .......................................................................................................................... 23

Figure 1 – Examples of ports................................................................................................. 13

Table 1 − Emission................................................................................................................ 21
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INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON RADIO INTERFERENCE
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ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (EMC) –

Part 6-4: Generic standards – Emission standard

for industrial environments

FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 61000-6-4 has been prepared by CISPR subcommittee H: Limits for
the protection of radio services.

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 1997. It constitutes a
technical revision. The major changes in this edition are the inclusion of a clause on tests for
equipment in series production, a new clause on measurement uncertainty and the inclusion of
requirements on telecommunications ports. The informative annex has been deleted.
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The text of this standard is based on the following documents:

FDIS Report on voting

CISPR/H/122/FDIS CISPR/H/125/RVD

Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.

This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.

The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until the
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• reconfirmed,
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• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
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INTRODUCTION

IEC 61000 is published in separate parts according to the following structure:

Part 1: General

General considerations (introduction, fundamental principles)

Definitions, terminology

Part 2: Environment

Description of the environment

Classification of the environment
Compatibility levels

Part 3: Limits

Emission limits
Immunity limits (insofar as they do not fall under the responsibility of the product
committees)

Part 4: Testing and measurement techniques

Measurement techniques
Testing techniques

Part 5: Installation and mitigation guidelines

Installation guidelines
Mitigation methods and devices

Part 6: Generic standards

Part 9: Miscellaneous

Each part is further subdivided into several parts published either as International Standards or
technical reports/specifications, some of which have already been published as sections.
Others will be published with the part number followed by a dash and a second number
identifying the subdivision (example: 61000-6-1).
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ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (EMC) –

Part 6-4: Generic standards – Emission standard

for industrial environments

1 Scope and object

This part of IEC 61000 for EMC emission requirements applies to electrical and electronic
apparatus intended for use in industrial environments as described below.

Emission requirements in the frequency range 0 Hz to 400 GHz are covered. No measurement
needs to be performed at frequencies where no requirement is specified.

This generic EMC emission standard is applicable if no relevant dedicated product or product-
family EMC emission standard exists.

This standard applies to a apparatus intended to be connected to a power network supplied

from a high or medium voltage transformer dedicated to the supply of an installation feeding
manufacturing or similar plant, and intended to operate in or in proximity to industrial locations,
as described below. This standard applies also to apparatus, which is battery operated and
intended to be used in industrial locations.

The environments encompassed by this standard are industrial, both indoor and outdoor.

Industrial locations are in addition characterised by the existence of one or more of the
following examples:
– industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) 1) ) apparatus;
– heavy inductive or capacitive loads that are frequently switched;
– high currents and associated magnetic fields.

The object of this standard is to define the emission test requirements for apparatus defined in
the scope in relation to continuous and transient, conducted and radiated disturbances.

The emission requirements have been selected so as to ensure that disturbances generated by
apparatus operating normally in industrial locations do not exceed a level that could prevent
other apparatus from operating as intended. Fault conditions of apparatus are not taken into
account. Not all disturbance phenomena have been included for testing purposes in this
standard but only those considered as relevant for the equipment covered by this standard.
These requirements represent essential electromagnetic compatibility emission requirements.

Requirements are specified for each port considered.

NOTE 1 Safety considerations are not covered by this standard.
NOTE 2 In special cases, situations will arise where the levels specified in this standard will not offer adequate
protection; for example where a sensitive receiver is used in close proximity to an apparatus. In these instances,
special mitigation measures may have to be employed.

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1) As defined in CISPR 11.
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2 Normative references

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For
dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of
the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

CISPR 11, Industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) radio-frequency equipment – Electro-
magnetic disturbance characteristics – Limits and methods of measurement

CISPR 16-1-2:2003, Specification for radio disturbance and immunity measuring apparatus and
methods – Part 1-2: Radio disturbance and immunity measuring apparatus – Ancillary
equipment – Conducted disturbances

CISPR 16-2-1:2003, Specification for radio disturbance and immunity measuring apparatus and
methods – Part 2-1: Methods of measurement of disturbances and immunity – Conducted
disturbance measurements

CISPR 16-2-3, Specification for radio disturbance and immunity measuring apparatus and
methods – Part 2-3: Methods of measurement of disturbances and immunity – Radiated
disturbance measurements

CISPR 16-4-2, Specification for radio disturbance and immunity measuring apparatus and
methods – Part 4-2: Uncertainties, statistics and limit modelling – Uncertainty in EMC
measurements

CISPR 22, Information technology equipment – Radio disturbance characteristics – Limits and
methods of measurement

3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
NOTE Definitions related to EMC and to relevant phenomena are given in IEC 60050-161 and in other IEC and
CISPR publications.

3.1
port
particular interface of the specified apparatus with the external electromagnetic environment
(see Figure 1)

Enclosure port
Low voltage a.c.
mains port
Apparatus
Telecommunications/ DC power port
network port

IEC 1091/06

Figure 1 – Examples of ports